Middle Eastern history

This book examines the political and social life of the Gulf city and its coastline, as exemplified by Manama in Bahrain.

This second edition considers how the ''global war on terror'' has changed the way the West views the Islamic world.

Traces the history of refugees and migrants within a reconstructed twentieth-century Middle East.

Sune Haugbolle''s often poignant book chronicles the battle over ideas that emerged from the wreckage of the Lebanese civil war.

This book offers a perspective on the previously ignored history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society.

This book explains why the previous era in the Middle East came to an end.

This book contains three essays that examine three forms of anti-Zionism and their use of the Holocaust to delegitimize Israel.

This book considers how languages, peoples and cultures in the Near East interacted over the millennium between Alexander and Muhammad.

This book examines the political and social life of the Gulf city and its coastline, as exemplified by Manama in Bahrain.

Discusses some of the most significant ideological debates that have animated the Arab world over the last two decades.

This book examines the relationship between demographic growth and economic development in eight Arab countries.

An examination of the violence perpetrated against women in politically conflicted or militarized areas.

This edition shows that not only have the jihadists split ranks, but those who previously supported al Qaeda are condemning its tactics.

This book discusses whether it is possible for a political party with deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain democracy.

This text was the first full-length study using network analysis to concentrate on the ancient world.

Revisionist account of the Ottoman Empire''s fateful decision to enter the First World War in 1914.

Explores the intellectual changes that have occurred in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

An exploration of Islamic law from the perspective of women and gender.

Murawiec examines contemporary jihad using history, anthropology, and theology to understand its political and ideological origins.

This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity in the Ottoman Empire.

A study of the phenomenon of punishment in eleventh-to-thirteenth-century Islamic society.

This book is a convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World''s Ancient Languages.

In this book, five Israeli academics probe the changing nature of Israeli society over the last twenty-five years.

This collection explores how terrorism is related to poverty in developing countries and their political openness.

Mahdis and Millenarians is a study of early extremist Shiites in Iraq and Iran.

The updated second edition of The War for Palestine presents the genesis of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

By examining commemorations of key moments, this book traces transformations in Palestinian nationalism.

This book examines the politics of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court, the most important experiment in constitutionalism in the Arab world.

A fascinating account of the official methods of communication employed in the pre-modern Near East.

An updated edition of the successful A Short History of Modern Egypt.

A comprehensive history of Iran in the early fifteenth century under the Timurids.

'I have never read a book on Mesopotamia that so beautifully brings to life the people themselves .

This is a powerful comparative history of philosophical thought in the two halves of Christendom.

This book explores the continuing legacy of the Peace Process in the everyday life of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This book examines the politics of the ancient Near East through archives of letters found in the royal palace of Mari.

This book explores the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war.

A compelling analysis considers the ways Israel has used the memory of the Holocaust to define its existence and politics.

This 2005 book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from 600–1800.

Daniel Goffman''s lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in the Early Modern period.

Examines modernity in the context of Islamic Fundamentalism and the Iranian Revolution.

Joel Beinin''s book offers a survey of subaltern history in the Middle East.

A state-of-the-art introduction to Ottoman history and sources for students embarking upon their research.

This study seeks to explain the emergence of Islam in seventh-century Arabia.

Breaks new scholarly boundaries in the exploration of cultural and scientific exchanges across Mongol Eurasia.

An analysis of one of the greatest foreign policy disasters.

The history of northern Mesopotamia from the Islamic conquests until the early Abbasids, first published in 2000.

First full publication of a cemetery of the Bronze Age Wadi Suq period (2000-1650 BC) in the region of the UAE, a period marked by large scale cultural and economic changes.

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the heart of southern Africa with Frederick Courteney Selous' Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia.

The Case for Israel is an ardent defense of Israel's rights, supported by indisputable evidence.

A profoundly different way of looking the Israeli-Palestinian conflictReporting from Jerusalem for The New York Times and Fox News respectively, Greg Myre and Jennifer Griffin, witnessed a decades-old conflict transformed into a completely new war.